Dungeon Master's Guide 5e

WiNGS OF FLYING

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WINGED BOOTS
Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
While you wear these boots, you have a flying speed
equal to your walking speed. You can use the boots to
fly for up to 4 hours, all at once or in several shorter
flights, each one using a minimum of 1 minute from the
duration. If you are flying when the duration expires, you
descend at a rate of 30 feet per round until you land.
The boots regain 2 hours of flying capability for evyry
12 hours they aren't in use.

WINGS OF FLYING
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
While wearing this cloak, you can use an action to
speak its command word. Thish turns the cloak into a
pair of bat wings or bird wings on your back for 1 hour
or until you repeat the command word as an action.
The wings give you a flying speed of 60 feet. When they
disappear, you can't use them again for 1d12 hours.

CHAPTER 7 I TREASURE

Sentient Magic Items

Some magic items possess sentience and personality.

Such an item might be possessed, haunted by the spirr·

of a previous owner, or self-aware thanks to the magic

used to create it. In any case, the item behaves like a

character, complete with personality quirks, ideals,

bonds, and sometimes flaws. A sentient item might

be a cherished ally to its wielder or a continual thorn

in the side.

Most sentient items are weapons. Other kinds of ite -

can manifest sentience, but consumable items such a_

potions and scrolls are never sentient.

Sentient magic items function as NPCs under the

DM's control. Any activated property of the item is

under the item's control, not its wielder's. As long as

the wielder maintains a good relationship with the

item, the wielder can access those properties normall_-

If the relationship is strained, the item can suppress

its activated properties or even turn them against

the wielder.

CREATING SENTIENT MAGIC ITEMS

When you decide to make a magic item sentient, you

create the item's persona in the same way you would

create an NPC, with a few exceptions described here.

ABILITIES

A sentient magic item has Intelligence, Wisdom, and

Charisma scores. You can choose the item's abilities

or determine them randomly. To determine them

randomly, roll 4d6 for each one, dropping the lowest r

and totaling the rest.

COMMUNICATION

A sentient item has some ability to communicate, eit her

by sharing its emotions, broadcasting its thoughts

telepathically, or speaking aloud. You can choose how ·

communicates or roll on the following table.

dlOO Communication

01-60 The item communicates by transmitting emotion

to the creature carrying or wielding it.

61-90 The item can speak, read, and understand one o r

more languages.

91-00 The item can speak, read, and understand one

SENSES

or more languages. In addition, the item can

communicate telepathically with any character th a

carries or wields it.

With sentience comes awareness. A sentient item can

perceive its surroundings out to a limited range. You can

choose its senses or roll on the following table.

d4

2

3

4

Senses

Hearing and normal vision out to 30 feet.

Hearing and normal vision out to 60 feet

Hearing and normal vision out to 120 feet.

Hearing and darkvision out to 120 feet.